Vegetarian Cook Book

Peel the potatoes, and cut into slices three fourths of an inch thick. Cut protose in strips of the same thickness. Place in a pan alternate layers of the potatoes and protose, and pour over them vegetable stock sufficient to cover. Bake in the oven till the potatoes are done and nicely browned. NUT FRICASSEE WITH BROWNED SWEET POTATOES Cut some nut food into half-inch cubes, and pour over it thick brown or white gravy sufficient to cover well. Let this simmer about one hour. Peel the potatoes, and steam or boil until tender but not overdone. Put them in a baking dish with a little butter or olive oil ; salt, and bake in a quick oven until nicely browned. Serve with the fricassee. NUT CERO AU GRATIN - Nut Cero, 1 pound. Tomato sauce, 1 pint. Onion, grated, if desired. Bread crumbs. Salt. Mince the nut cero, and place in a granite pan; pour over it the thick tomato sauce ; add salt and onion if desired ; sprinkle with bread crumbs, and bake. JAMBALAYA Eed Beans, cooked, 2 cups. Rice, boiled, 2 cups, Nuttolene, minced, 1 cup. Protose, minced, 1 cup. Add the above to one quart of gravy prepared as directed for tomato gravy. PROTOSE OR NUT CERO JAMBALAYA " Butter, 1 tablespoon. Onion, minced, 1. Flour, 1 tablespoon. Tomatoes, 1½ cups. Rice, cooked, 1 cup. Protose, or nut cero, minced, % pound. Celery, minced, % cup. Salt. Heat the butter in a saucepan; add the onion, and brown; then put in the flour, and brown that; add the tomato, and cook a few minutes, stirring to prevent the flour from lumping. Add the other ingredients, and serve. PROTOSE PILAU Water, 3 cups. Rice, cooked, 1 cup. Butter, 1 teaspoon. Protose, i/2-inch cubes, ^^ pound. Onion, minced, 1 tablespoon. Flour, browned, 2 teaspoons. Tomatoes, strained. Let simmer ten or fifteen minutes; thicken with two heaping teaspoonfuls of browned flour mixed with strained tomatoes to consistency to pour easily. Season with salt and celery salt to taste, PROTOSE PATTIES, PLAIN Protose, 1 pound. Salt. Cream, 3 tablespoons. Eggs, 2. Bread crumbs. Thoroughly crush the protose, and mix with the salt and one egg. Form into patties. Roll in egg and cream, then in bread crumbs. Bake in greased pan till lightly browned. If desired, the crumbs may be slightly moistened with cream, FRIJOLES WITH NUT CERO MEXICANO Red beans, I/2 cup. Brown gravy, 1 cup. Nut cero, diced, 1/4 pound. Tomatoes, strained, 1 cup. Salt. Cook the beans in just enough water to prevent scorching. When done, have ready a brown gravy, to which add the tomatoes and salt, and pour over the beans, together with the nut cero, and let simmer for an hour or more. PROTOSE STEAK Split a pound of protose in two lengthwise, and cut into as many slices as needed. Broil in a pan and serve with brown sauce. PROTOSE STEAK A LA TARTARE Protose, minced, 1 pound. Butter, 1 tablespoon. Mayonnaise, 3 tablespoons. Onion, 1, Eggs, 6. Olives and onion mixed to garnish. Put the butter in a saucepan, and set on the range. When hot, add the onion, and cook until brown. With this mix the minced protose, and a pinch of salt. Form into balls, making a depression in each ball, and drop an egg yolk into each depression. Bake until the eggs are done. Mince the onion and olives, add the mayonnaise, and use as a garnish.